Transcending two realms to become an earth immortal

The Corpse-Dissolving Immortal (Ghost Immortal) sect views the physical body as a boat to cross the sea, which can be discarded once it reaches the other shore. Therefore, their cultivation method focuses on condensing the soul, experiencing tribulations, and then transcending.

The methods of Earth Immortals are different. Their core lies in "moving with the world," starting by harmonizing with the spiritual energy of a particular place, then regulating the wind, rain, and climate, participating in and assisting the cycle of heaven and earth, and finally achieving the state where words become law, the life and death of a region are tied to one's own body, and even transforming oneself into a world, thus achieving the Dao fruit of eternal existence.

Celestial immortals refine their Qi to align themselves with the Dao, human immortals temper their bodies to transcend the mortal realm, gods vie for rank and authority, and ghost immortals forge their souls. Therefore, the key to earth immortals' understanding of heaven and earth and their mastery of the laws lies in [writing].

In ancient times, when Cangjie created characters, millet fell from the sky and ghosts and gods wept at night, because characters could carry the essence of all races, civilizations, and even the Great Dao itself.

When Fang Chen's memories of his past life awakened, the "Jade Purity Primordial Heavenly Venerable's Golden Chapter on the Cave of Mystery and the Palace" that he saw in the Kunlun Mirror was the orthodox teachings of the Earth Immortals, conveyed in written form.

This path begins with comprehending the [True Seal of Heaven and Earth], converges into the [Mountain and River Edict], condenses into the [Spiritual Ruins Treasure Register], transforms into the [Jade Chapter of the Cave of Truth], and ultimately pursues the Dao Fruit of the Earth Immortal.

The first step in cultivation is to construct a pure and solid "spiritual platform" in one's sea of ​​consciousness or dantian, using one's own essence, energy, and spirit as materials.

This spiritual platform is the foundation upon which the earth's veins provide feedback, the authority of talismans and decrees, and the soul reside. It is also the basis for eliminating evil thoughts and calming the mind, and the foundation of all magical powers and supernatural abilities.

"Simply put, it's about laying the foundation for your Dao." In the secret chamber, Fang Chen's thoughts raced. "Although the final Dao fruits of the five immortal paths—Heaven, Earth, God, Human, and Ghost—are different, the starting point of cultivation is the same. All require awakening the embryonic light, comprehending the heavens and earth, and then drawing in spiritual energy to forge the foundation for your Dao."

The so-called "fetal light" is called "initial awakening of the spirit" by ghost immortals, "innate spiritual root" by celestial immortals, and "initial divine command" by deities... Ultimately, it requires a medium that can sense and receive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The way of earth immortals calls it "fetal light".

After the awakening of the fetal light, it is necessary to establish a solid foundation for the Dao.

This foundation is the place where all magical power and cultivation reside.

In the realm of celestial immortals, it is called the "Dantian"; in the realm of corpse-dissolving immortals, it is called the "Sea of ​​Consciousness"... Regardless of the name, whether it is called Dantian or Lingtai, in essence, it is the place where a cultivator's magical power is condensed, stored, and circulated.

The Path of Celestial Immortals cultivates Qi to form the Elixir on this foundation, while the Path of Corpse Liberation relies on this foundation to refine the Soul and transform it into Spirit. The Path of Earthly Immortals, on the other hand, uses this foundation as its basis to forge the [True Seal] that can bear the weight of heaven and earth and imprint mountains and rivers.

"My embryonic light has been awakened. What I need to do now is to build up my spiritual platform, stabilize my mind, and expel internal evils." Fang Chen's gaze was calm. "This step requires the help of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Thinking of this, he took out three things from his pocket.

The first item is the [Incense Spirit Peach] obtained from the light and shadow of the old world. It contains the power of incense offerings, the pure energy of souls, and the remaining spiritual energy of heaven and earth. In this turbid and evil world, it can be considered a superior foundational item.

The second item consists of two soul talismans left behind by Xie Qi, the tax collector of the underworld, after his soul was scattered. However, the resentment and obsession within them have not dissipated, and the curse remains. If one were to absorb them rashly, it would be a great disaster.

The third item was the several hundred or so magic coins that Fan Ba ​​had compensated him with. These magic coins were made from impure spiritual energy, and their quality was so poor that they were almost as filthy as soul talismans.

The latter two items are murky in spiritual energy and entangled with yin energy, making them no different from deadly poison to ordinary people, let alone suitable for cultivation.

However, Fang Chen has been in this desolate apocalypse for five years. He knows how to separate turbid qi and evil qi and refine pure spiritual qi. Not to mention the cultivators of various major sects, even the rogue cultivators have their own methods. Moreover, he comes from a righteous sect.

Having made up his mind, he got up and walked to the dark coffin in the center of the secret room, slowly pushing open the lid.

Inside the coffin lay the body of an old man, with white hair and a youthful face, his complexion as rosy as a living person's. There was not a trace of death about him; instead, one could feel a bright vitality emanating from him... This was the remains of a former elder of the Zhengyang Sect!

This elder was born during the time when the yang energy of heaven and earth was at its peak, known as the "Four Yang Times (Yang Year, Yang Month, Yang Day, Yang Hour)". He devoted his life to cultivating the Great Sun Pure Yang Method and achieved a true Pure Yang body.

Five years ago, people escaped from the light and shadow of the old world to this world. The world collapsed, yin and yang were reversed, and the laws of Tao were almost completely lost.

This elder fought against the demons to protect them and unfortunately perished. But before his death, he used a secret method to seal his body, creating this pure yang corpse.

In this degenerate age, the yin and turbid qi permeate the heavens and earth, and what is most scarce is the pure and spiritual qi and the pure yang power.

Even though the city is in harmony with the natural order of Yin and Yang, the sunlight is completely captured by the floating islands above. Cultivators below who wish to bathe in the Yang Fire must pay 100,000 magic coins in exchange.

In short, here, you have to pay to even see a glimpse of sunlight!

Therefore, the value of this pure Yang corpse is self-evident.

Even though it's not good at combat, it's an excellent furnace for refining weapons.

Cultivators can infuse the chaotic spiritual energy tainted with impure thoughts and turbidity into it, and then refine it with the Great Sun True Fire remaining within the corpse.

After several rounds of burning and purification, impurities and foul odors are removed, leaving behind clean and usable spiritual energy.

In this process of refining, the cultivator obtains pure spiritual energy for cultivation, and the corpse also uses the trace of pure spiritual energy obtained from the refining to slowly nourish its pure yang foundation and solidify the sect's foundation.

Fang Chen focused his mind and placed the incense peach on the corpse's chest.

A hazy glow emanated from the peach-shaped body, which was slowly absorbed by the pure yang corpse. The peach circulated and refined within the corpse, removing impurities and retaining the essence, transforming into a more condensed and pure spiritual energy that was then absorbed by Fang Chen using a talisman.

Next came the two soul talismans.

Fang Chen drew a line with his fingers, and the gray-black resentment entangled on the talisman howled and struggled like living things. But when he struck it into the corpse, it melted away like snow under the scorching sun, turning into wisps of green smoke, leaving only the most primordial essence of the soul to be collected.

Finally, there were the hundreds of coins. He didn't dispose of them one by one, but instead poured them all over the corpse.

The ritual money was made from joss paper and human skin. When it was placed on the corpse of Chunyang, it burned to ashes in an instant.

All the mixed and brilliant ideas were swallowed up and tempered.

In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, countless turbid and wasteful gases were forced out and dissipated, leaving only the pure white and flawless spiritual energy that was full of vitality!

The spiritual energy gained from the three objects' refinement converged in one place, condensing into a fist-sized, dazzling halo above the coffin. Its purity was among the best in this Dao City.

"Fortunately, that [calamity of heaven and earth] only occurs after one enters the Dao, otherwise..."

With this thought flashing through his mind, Fang Chen no longer hesitated, sat cross-legged, and began to practice the method described in the "Jade Purity Primordial Heavenly Venerable's Golden Chapter on the Cave of Mystery and the Palace of Heaven".

He opened his mouth and inhaled, and the dazzling spiritual light completely entered his mouth and nose.

The spiritual energy entered the body, but instead of going directly down to the dantian, it flowed along the meridians and rushed straight to the sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, a great light shone brightly in his sea of ​​consciousness.

A tiny, bright light, like a bean, hangs in the center, warm and pure; it is the awakened fetal light.

However, beyond the light, there were layers of dark shadows writhing, shaped like demons, and filled with a foul, deathly aura... These were the [Three Corpses and Nine Worms] formed from the filth within the human body!

In this desolate world where heaven and earth are collapsing and filth is rampant, how can the human body possibly remain unscathed?

Not only are mortals prone to becoming malevolent corpses after death, but cultivators also harbor lurking demons within their bodies. Their three corpses and nine worms, nourished by turbid energy, become even more ferocious.

The old path of cultivation aimed to eliminate the three corpses and nine worms, thereby purifying the body and attaining longevity. However, in this degenerate age, this method has been transformed into suppressing and controlling the demons within the body.

While this greatly amplifies the ferocity of cultivators, it also poses numerous hidden dangers. Only those who can subdue them are true cultivators of the Dao. Those who cannot are nothing more than ferocious demons!

At that moment, inspiration struck, and the fetal light suddenly shone brightly, like a lamp being lit in a dark room, instantly illuminating countless hideous shadows.

Greed, anger, ignorance, resentment, and all sorts of delusions, mixed with the evil spirits of heaven and earth, poisonous miasma, turbidity, evil spirits, and plagues that have invaded the body, have transformed into the shadowy form of a demon, roaring as it tries to extinguish that spark of spiritual light and take over this body.

At this critical moment, Fang Chen remained steadfast and focused, his mind as firm as iron.

The Earth Immortal Dharma Gate was operating at full power, and the pure spiritual energy that surged in was drawn to it. Instead of dissipating, it swirled and condensed around the fetal light, like a nebula circling the sun.

Based on essence, using qi as material, and guided by spirit, the three elements begin to slowly construct a phantom under the illumination of the spirit.

At first it was blurry, then its outline gradually became clear, and finally it solidified into a simple and square spiritual platform, which stood in the center of the sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, the spiritual platform was formed, and radiance arose spontaneously.

The moonlight shone down, illuminating the world like the moon itself. The shadowy demons that rushed in from all sides let out a series of silent screams, which dissipated and melted away like snow meeting boiling water, and were temporarily suppressed.

After a long while, Fang Chen slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, the breath long and deep, with a clear light flowing in his eyes.

The spiritual platform has been built, the foundation of the Dao has been initially established, and in a short time, one has already stepped into the gate of the Great Dao.

As the saying goes:

"Through countless eons of reincarnation, my unwavering Daoist heart has remained unchanged. Only upon entering the Spiritual Platform Realm can I attain the power of Heavenly Creation!"